ChemIT follows some conventions in setting up CCB research group web sites with CIT to facilitate support and sustainability.
Note of an alternative: More and more Chemistry research groups are using CU Blogs to host their research group web site since doing so is easier to edit from many more locations, easier to share or transfer editing responsbilities within a group, and doesn't require client-side software (which must be selected, purchased, installed, and configured, updated and possibly transferred from one computer to another.)
To edit
In Windows, don't use the built-in WebDAV facility. It doesn't work reliably, if at all.
CIT recommends another tool:
However, ChemIT staff did not like the interface or the license pricing of WebDrive. Please let us know if you like it, or don't like it. One of us test-drove NetDrive, which has more options and much better license pricing:
Or, use Dreamweaver or the like, if your group already owns and is used to using this software. Here's a product recommended by a colleague at the Vet school:
- Adobe Contribute.
Person recommending states: This is just a simple editing tool, no bells and whistles. But it will allow you to connect to only your pages via a connection key and also allows for a review process prior to changes being pushed to a production server. And it only costs about $37/license.
Or try this configuration from Barry Robinson, which ChemIT has NOT tested in production so we'd appreciate you letting us know if it helps you:
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For webdav settings in Windows 7 the source page is here:
The relevant portion is:
Setting Up WebDAV For Windows 7
The Webclient service must be turned on in Windows 7 in order to successfully create a WebDAV connection.
To enable the Webclient service in Windows 7:
1. From the Start menu on your desktop, go to Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Services.
2. Locate and set the Webclient service to Automatic, then click Apply .
3. If the service is not already running, click Start.
4. Click OK to close the Control Panel.
To improve upload times, disable the option to Automatically Detect Settings:
1. From the Start menu on your desktop, go to Control Panel > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings.
2. Uncheck the option to Automatically Detect Settings.
3. Click OK to close the Control Panel.
Note: "Automatically Detect Settings" is on by default in Windows. What do you lose by turning this off? See this article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc713344.aspx
Barry shares: It looks like there are certain firewall clients and web proxies where settings can be configured in DHCP or DNS. Do we use anything like this at Cornell? I don't think so. The only possibility I can think of is the proxying for non-redrover 10 space for things like windows and SEP updates. But, I don't think these proxies rely on the WPAD protocol. But someone in CIT should know the answer for that.
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Reminder: Consider migrating your research group's web site to to CU Blogs instead of dealing with all of this technical overhead.
CIT's links to these and other WebDav Clients
To change access to edit
Send a request to ChemIT.
- Email us at ChemIT@...
- Use ChemIT's request web form.